The case for God / Karen Armstrong.

Author/creator Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Knopf, 2009.
Descriptionxviii, 406 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
God--History of doctrines.
Religious life--History.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines.
Christian life--History.
Apologetics.

Contents PT. 1 THE UNKNOWN GOD (30,000 BCE to 1500 CE): Homo religiosus -- God -- Reason -- Faith -- Silence -- Faith and reason -- PT. 2 THE MODERN GOD (1500 CD to the present): Science and religion -- Scientific religion -- Enlightenment -- Atheism -- Unknowing -- Death of God?
Abstract Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level, she makes a powerful, convincing argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [379]-390) and index.
LCCN 2009014044
ISBN9780307269188 (hardcover)
ISBN0307269183 (hardcover)
ISBN9780307397430 (bound)
ISBN0307397432 (bound)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BL473 .A75 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold